Canadian hostages James Loney and Harmeet Sooden and Briton Norman Kember, were freed from their four-month captivity in a multinational operation involving Canadian special forces soldiers operating for the first time in Iraq. Prime Minister Harper called the release of the three Christian peacemakers "wonderful news." (All three were checked out at a hospital and were said to be fine.)

Date: 2006-03-23
Placeline: GATINEAU, Quebec.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 13 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << I've spoken to these Canadians a personally and conveyed on behalf of all of us are happiness at their safe release as you can imagine they've been through quite a lot and just happy to be alive >>

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